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Lost Civilization - (Debates in Archaeology) by James L Boone (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Cordoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects.
- About the Author: James L. Boone is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico
- 144 Pages
- Social Science, Archaeology
- Series Name: Debates in Archaeology
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About the Book
Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Cordoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects. This book takes a comparative civilizations approach that puts the formation of Al-Andalus in context with corresponding developments elsewhere in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Book Synopsis
Al-Andalus, the Iberian Islamic civilization centred on Cordoba in the tenth and eleventh centuries, has been a 'lost' civilization in several respects. Its history suppressed or denied for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was regarded as a kind of 'historical parenthesis' with no lasting influence. Over the past twenty-five years, however, the history and archaeology of the Islamic period in the Iberian peninsula has undergone a complete transformation. Lost Civilization presents an introduction to this debate as it has played out in archaeology, taking a comparative civilizations approach that puts the formation of al-Andalus in context with corresponding developments elsewhere in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Review Quotes
"Boone's Lost civilization is a valuable essay upon the history of Islamic civilisation in the Iberian peninsula." --Antiquity (December 2010)
About the Author
James L. Boone is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico